They came to believe that men, who would live a godly life, must view marriage as a sin and choose a life of celibacy.

Biodiesel is a technologically feasible alternative to petrodiesel, but nowadays biodiesel costs 1.5 to 3 times more than fossil diesel in developed countries.

There's a wonderful sense of camraderie among skydivers, Mr. Ottley said. It's like a secret fraternity. Initiates speak easily of swooping (joining a formation) and funneling (breaking one up). Outsiders are called whuffos -- shorthand for What for you do that crazy stuff? You can always tell a whuffo right away, Mr. Ottley said. They call the sport 'diving' instead of 'skydiving.' We think diving is what you do in a pool.

The excess of the bisulphide of carbon having been removed by distillation, the bright red extract, consisting chiefly of a mixture of munjistine and purpurine, is treated repeatedly with moderate quantities of boiling water and filtered.